Improvement in harvesters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WM. SOHNEBLY-AND THOMAS SOHNEBLY, OF HAOKENSAOK,`N. J.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 22,203, dated November30, 1858.

To all whom it may conce/rn:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM SCHNEBLY and THOMAS SCHNEBLY, ofHackensack, in the county ot' Bergen and State of New Jersey., haveinvented certain Improvements in Grain and Grass Harvesting Machines,and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same,'refer ence being had to the annexed drawings,making a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l is a transversevertical section of our invention, taken in the line a: a, Fig. 3. Fig.2 is a longitudinal section ot' the same, taken in the line y y, Fig. 3.Fig. 3 is a plan or top view of the same. Fig. 4 is a section 4of thesame, taken in the line a z, Fig. 2.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral figures.

This invention consists, rst, in a novel means employed for operating ordriving the sickle, whereby the same may be `readily checked or stoppedwhen desired.

The invention consists, second, in a novel application of the sickle tothe machine, whereby the sickle may be raised and lowered and retainedat any desired height from the surface of the ground, and also renderedcapable ot' being adjusted on the machine, so as to allow the latter,when not in operation, to be readily moved from place to place.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct ourinvention, we will proceed to describe it.

A represents the main frame of the machine, in which two wheels, B O,are placed, the frame A resting in a balanced or nearly balanced stateon the axle D of said wheels. The two wheels B O are placed loosely ontheir axle D. One of them may, if desired, be secured to the axle. Thewheel B is the one which drives the sickle of the machine. This wheel Bhas each edge of its periphery scalloped, or formed with concaves orgrooves, as shown clearly at a b in Figs. 2 and 3, the concaves dat oneside ot' the wheel being so placed relatively with those I), placedatthe opposite side, that the projecting points of one will be in linewith the centers ot' the concaves of the other. The wheel C is of thesame diameter as the wheel B. lt may, however, be made lighter than thewheel B, and is so disposed or placed on the axle D relatively with thewheel B as to properly support the frame A.

E is a lever, the upper end of which is attached by a fulcrum-pin, c, tothe front crosspiece, d, of the main frame A. This lever is of slightlycurved form, extends down in front of the wheel B, and has two bentarms, F F', pivoted to it, one arm, F, being permanently attached to thelever, the other, F', being allowed to work on its pivot. The lower endsofthe armsf project outward from each other and at right angles withtheir other parts, g, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

To the outer end ot' each arm F a frictionroller, It, is attached, andthese friction-rollers are kept in contact with the scalloped edges a bofthe wheel B when the machine is in operation by means of aslide-clasp, G, which encompasses the parts g g of the arms, said slidebeing provided with a shank, h', which extends upward in front of thedrivel-7s seat H on the frame A.

I is the draft-pole, attached to the main frame A. i t

J is a frame, in the front part of which the bar K is fitted. The frameJ is formed of two bars, ij, the back ends of which are connectedtogetherand toauuiversaljoint, L, which is attached to the back partofthe main frame A. The bar t' ot' the frame. J is parallel with theside ot' the main frame A; but the bar j is curved, as shown clearly inFig. 2, so as to extend outward to the outer end of the lingerbar M,which is firmly secured between the ends of the bars ij.

To the front end of the bar 1l a curved bar, k, is attached, said barworkingin a proper guide, l, attached to the main frame A. The bar k hasa pin, m, projecting outward from it at right angles, and a lever, N,which is attached to the main frame A, has its outer` end passingunderneath said pin. (See Figs. l and 2.) To the frame A a curved plate,O, is attached, said plate being notched at one side in order to retainthe lever at any desired height or point.

P is the sickle, which is ttted and works in the fingers n of the bar M,as usual, or in any proper manner. The sickle is connected at its innerend to the lower end of the lever E bya link or shackle, Q, as shownclearly in Fig. 2. The front ends of the bars t' j project forward ofthe finger-bar, and are curved at their bottoms to form shoes o.

The operation is as follows: As the machine v edges a b of the wheel B.

is drawn along the wheel B, by means of its scalloped edges ab and therollers hof the arms F, bearing against said edges, communieates avibrating motion to the lever E, the side clasp, G, retaining` the armsF in proper position, so that the friction-rollers It of both arms willbe kept in contact with the scalloped rBhe movement of the lever E maybe varying as regardsitslength of vibration by having lthe edges ofthewheel B scalloped with larger or shorter concaves. The lever E drivesthe sickle P by means of the link or shackle Q, and the driver on seat Hmay at any time stop the motion of the sickle by grasping the shank hand raising the slide-clasp G, so that the roller hof the arm F will beallowed to move out from the scalloped side a of the wheel B, asshown inred, Fig.- 2. The sickle P is allowed to rise and fall bodily to conformto the inequalities ofthe ground as the frame J is allowed to work orswing freely from the universal joint L, and the sickle P may beretained at any desired height by placing the back end ofthe leverN inthe proper notch of theplate O. When the machine is to be moved fromplace to place the link or shackle Q' is disconnected from the `sickleP, the arm 7c removed from the guide l, and the frame J raised, rotated,or turned onehalf of a revolution, thejoint L being the cen ter ofmotion, and the framefJ is then turned over on frame A, as shown in red,Figs. land 3. The frame J, sickle, and ringer-bar are thereby placedentirely out of the way, and the machine may be moved from place toplace equally as well as any ordinary vehicle on wheels.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- 1. The arrangement andcombination of the pendulons lever E and slide Gr with the scallopedwheel B, as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

2. Securing the frame J, to which the fingerbar is attached,vto the mainframe by means ofthe universal joint L and the bar 7c, fitted in theguide Z on the mainframe, or an equivalent arrangement, so that thesickle may rise and fall bodily to conform to lthe inequalities of thesurfaceof the ground, and at the same time be rendered capable of beingplaced directly over the main frame to facilitate the transportation ofthe machine, substantially as described.

W. SOHNEB LY. THOS. SGHNEBLY.

Witnesses WM. TUsoH, W. HAUFF.

